It isn't often second-rowers are cheered off the paddock, or any member of the tight five for that matter. But such was the impact of former Springbok Jacques Potgieter in a superb pack in the Waratahs' astonishing annihilation of the Reds that the crowd could not help but show their appreciation.

After five straight losses to the Queenslanders, the Waratahs' forwards built a destructive platform off whi

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